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Matt Dovey
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Fantasy/SF writer. Surname rhymes with 'Dopey'. He/him. #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD

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As hate filled and toxic as this little island has become, I still find hope and solace in the fact that the standard vacuum across our industries, even in construction, has a happy little face, just because.
August 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm sorry, the producer of FBI: Most Wanted is called _what_?
July 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
this is not even half of what I left in comments this morning, to give you an idea of scale on the response it prompted from me, lol. (both the Disney and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy comments expand out to about 300 words each, too. And these aren't all the comments; I can't fit them all in one screen)
July 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I have poured a lot of time and emotional energy into these outros this month, bc frankly they have demanded it of me. I expect the same is true of @quietandscreaming.bsky.social in editing. They are brilliant stories, they are important stories.

To preview something I say later in the month:
July 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Vampire Survivors knows whats up
May 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I enjoyed rather a lot of what's written in this. It is excellent Sunday afternoon sort of reading: www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightl...
May 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For when you can't even be bothered to spend 30 seconds writing your own message to a fellow human you presumably care for/are connected to enough to warrant you sending them a birthday card in the first place.

Yet another non-problem "solved" for us! Thanks, Generative AI!
May 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Imagine saying this, in this context, and still thinking you're on the right side of history. The cruelty and the crowing over such *basic* respect for others is sickening.
April 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
He's right, but for all the wrong reasons
March 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Seems like a You problem tbh, Google
February 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Didn't know being autistic meant I might accidentally be a Nazi from time to time OH WAIT IT DOESN'T, ffs

(from
www.bbc.com/news/article... )
January 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
He could, but he won't. Arsehole.
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
smdh, we're chaining robots up in hospitals for our children's entertainment, we deserve skynet
January 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My final donation of the month, alongside this story so rooted in the past and ongoing colonizations of Palestine, was a donation for the future: to the Alliance for Middle East Peace, working towards a sustainable peace. www.allmep.org/donate-now/
December 27, 2024 at 12:52 PM
For this episode, I donated to MAP, Medical Aid for Palestine, who deliver vital support & interventions to civilians suffering inhumane & illegal attacks on their schools, hospitals & homes. Please, donate too, if you can: www.map.org.uk?form=FUNFXHD...

(I now have a recurring donation here)
December 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
For this episode, it felt fitting to donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. If you can, please consider matching the donation, or whatever you can afford: pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-r...
December 27, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Nayra and the Djinn, is a coming-of-age graphic novel. Nothing is going right for Nayra Mansour. Just when she’s considering transferring schools, a mysterious djinn named Marjan appears, and uses their powers & wisdom to help Nayra. But Marjan’s past is fraught with secrets, guilt, and trouble.
December 27, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The artwork's by @deltahead.bsky.social, and they have a couple of graphic novels, discussed in the outro.

Mis(H)Adra is the story of an Arab-American college student, Isaac, who wants nothing more than to be a functional college student–but managing his epilepsy is an exhausting battle to survive.
December 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Anybody else getting *incredible* shade from Duolingo today, or is it just me?

(It's not wrong tho)
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
If you're able to, please match this donation; or make your own to whatever extent you're able; or donate to another charity of your choosing that will support the people of Palestine; or any of the many personal fundraisers being run by people suffering in Gaza.
November 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM
The artwork by @deltahead.bsky.social represents "Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social, and is utterly gorgeous.

4 episodes, all next month, @podcastle.org
October 27, 2024 at 11:45 PM
November.

artwork by @deltahead.bsky.social
October 25, 2024 at 10:13 PM
DOOM.
October 18, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Some quick 'n' simple smartphone camera tips for the aurora:

1) Night sight mode. Night sight mode! Even just for live viewing, it's amazing

2) Use the main lens, not the wide-angle lens, because it generally has a better sensor for low light

3) Look for the Big Dipper in the sky and aim that way
October 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM